Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIj36kFj44c
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xLCCxm1eq
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcK3Q2Oo4D
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDywkFGuA7z
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMkStSWfvx
and all the other seven chosen boys were headed to.
“How did they even get there?” you may ask. Well, you see…
“Will Caspian Grenfield, Isaac Blueburn, Jax Jackson,816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChgvbBtGSz
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwEmVQDzcK
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVKOiAnr85
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79JuJbF45t
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFthvAS7Te
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnZ8OgTSd7
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYOpMLHG46
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ4oFZw6ve
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ppKyw6ULc
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpUSjofhl2
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2fwcvOJMY
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4k7eGBbxd5
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z75O2Zxkv
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyl67myxqC
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjXL9rqqdH
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGrYKRCaiP
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoz07AjBuA
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDWwDqnhge
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjBvcEpBp9
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAUdGqoQk0
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboIq3WKa7a
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyKbiJku9W
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvtRvGIAVs
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFuKXyXH9k
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdGQq1ceuR
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0VBdMVDD2
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptvgTOnFXZ
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPKVPSlyor
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17LYczS4dN
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0WFRFyH4F
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHfOaYy5l8
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIE9V2HugOd
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72jRAvQNct
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIwDV0AmHd
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTxN8DfScm
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBCcJNL3lr
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77i5sUDZqn
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMuLzwqsTj
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mF1IG3BaY
to the bone. And this was just the first three, where were the other four?
“Caspian, please have a seat while we wait for the others,”816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmTAFzd1Wb
Principal Gwen said calmly as she gestured to the seats in front of his desk.
Caspian took a seat on the couch in front of the three other816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3jvbfLTnJ
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgy0pddqU7
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbW4X18Bn3
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQBQ2omDHg
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo4FZyBHTi
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhx3RDEPXy
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyEbl9jjXY
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVdPbuNCGH
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfcSihWmsG
that Robbie would think that he was just a stupid Omega with no friends.
A few years later, word got around that Robbie was an Alpha816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiz7iARPgiE
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5laMit3rf
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqEEm6QqrE
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pbePSGnux
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk00VwHisSv
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuyCuWrBi3
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJZajPrrS0
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8CnANdom1
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7l4Xa5ilm
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAr7zqSuHY
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqmj3UWwwv
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWfOyOHoVH
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2Z7DeL7P3
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPftaknqCBD
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHJl2mwrpx
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zKaEyJkRY
be in here for?”
“Nope,” Mason said immediately.
“Not that I know of… yet,” coming from Mason.
“Of course not. How could I?” babbled Lee.
“No, Ma’am,” Will said, shaking his head.
“…”: Caleb.
“Hopefully not,” Caspian muttered.
“I don’t think so…?” Robbie said slowly.
“Very funny, Miss Gwen,” chuckled Blue.
“Okay then good,” smiled Principal Gwen. “Because if there816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyFlJGLhhB
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IZdPA6nC1
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVnmhmRo3G
school year’s prom. You know, to commemorate the graduation of the seniors.”
“But Ma’am,” Blue said, raising his hand.
“Yes, Blue?” Principal Gwen said, giving Blue permission to816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DiiAGf8oZ
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8o0VqE2MT
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1rORN1D73
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl026RInJbd
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nw2GLRQq6
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATi4wz0joO
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsk8VaffNk
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7odgKXUwUb
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkoaof2NHM
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uiKRkQtaU
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMFP355HvF
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AsMWA5GdO
that. ‘Pre-Prom Party’. You boys already have something to call it.”
“Way ta go, Cassie!” Blue cheers enthusiastically.
All the other boys cheer as well, even Robbie—who was still816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYGopta7Os
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXFAvR92bh
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2xNKYMAKb
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47TrvhayOl
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdldnWhzz2
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyrv4CtdTS
reply slip your parents need to sign in order for you to-”
“‘Stay at an Airbnb for a week’?” read Lee from the form.
“Miss,” Mason started, confused. “What do you mean by that?”
“Don’t worry, you will be accompanied by Miss Leslie.”
…and now they were arriving at the Airbnb.
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